<font size=3>Our research spans the disciplinary boundaries between biomaterials, nanotechnology, and cell mechanobiology with an emphasis on their applications to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Through the use of multiscale (nano/micro/meso) fabrication and integration tools, we focus on the development and applications of biomimetic materials/devices/systems and functional tissue engineering models for high-throughput drug screening, stem cell-based therapies, disease modeling, and medical device development. Using engineered microenvironments in combination with quantitative live cell imaging approaches, we are also studying the interplay between mechanical and biochemical signaling in the regulation of cell function and fate decisions that are essential for tissue repair and regeneration following injury, and various developmental events. The ultimate goal of our research is to better understand complex cellular behavior in response to microenvironmental cues in normal, aging and disease states, to gain new mechanistic insights into the control of cell-tissue structure and function, and to develop multiscale regenerative technologies for improving human health. </font>

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<font size=3>Our research spans the disciplinary boundaries between micro/nanotechnology, biomaterials, and cell mechanobiology with an emphasis on their applications to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Through the use of multiscale (nano/micro/meso) fabrication and integration tools, we focus on the development and applications of biomimetic materials/devices/systems and functional tissue engineering models for elucidatig cell biology, stem cell-based therapies, disease modeling, and high-throughput drug screening. Using engineered microenvironments in combination with quantitative live cell imaging approaches, we are also studying the interplay between mechanical and biochemical signaling in the regulation of cell/tissue function and fate decisions that are essential for tissue repair and regeneration following injury, and various developmental events. The ultimate goal of our research is to better understand complex cellular behavior in response to microenvironmental cues in normal, aging and disease states, to gain new mechanistic insights into the control of cell-tissue structure and function, and to develop multiscale regenerative technologies for improving human health. </font>

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<h3>News</h3>

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* Cameron Nemeth has been given a BMES Undergraduate Design and Research Award for his extended abstract for BMES 2013. Congratulations Cameron!

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* Cameron Nemeth has been given a BMES Undergraduate Design and Research Award for his extended abstract for BMES 2013. Cameron also received the Washington Research Foundation Fellowship. Congratulations Cameron! (Sept. 2013)

* Daniel Lih was awarded a summer research fellowship from National Yang-Ming University! (June 2013)

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* Prof. Kim joined the editorial board of the [http://www.aspbs.com/jbn.html Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology] as an Associate Editor. (May 2013)

* Kim Lab has been awarded an [http://mda.org/research/gaag/dmd-deok-ho-kim-phd Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) research grant] to develop bioengineering techniques for growing muscle for use in transplantation into a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. (Feb. 2013)

* Kim Lab has been awarded an [http://mda.org/research/gaag/dmd-deok-ho-kim-phd Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) research grant] to develop bioengineering techniques for growing muscle for use in transplantation into a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. (Feb. 2013)

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* Hee Seok Yang, who was a post doc in the lab, has accepted an offer to start as a faculty member at the Dankook University in Korea. Congratulations! (Feb. 2013)

Revision as of 19:04, 20 October 2013

Overview

Our research spans the disciplinary boundaries between micro/nanotechnology, biomaterials, and cell mechanobiology with an emphasis on their applications to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Through the use of multiscale (nano/micro/meso) fabrication and integration tools, we focus on the development and applications of biomimetic materials/devices/systems and functional tissue engineering models for elucidatig cell biology, stem cell-based therapies, disease modeling, and high-throughput drug screening. Using engineered microenvironments in combination with quantitative live cell imaging approaches, we are also studying the interplay between mechanical and biochemical signaling in the regulation of cell/tissue function and fate decisions that are essential for tissue repair and regeneration following injury, and various developmental events. The ultimate goal of our research is to better understand complex cellular behavior in response to microenvironmental cues in normal, aging and disease states, to gain new mechanistic insights into the control of cell-tissue structure and function, and to develop multiscale regenerative technologies for improving human health.

News

Cameron Nemeth has been given a BMES Undergraduate Design and Research Award for his extended abstract for BMES 2013. Cameron also received the Washington Research Foundation Fellowship. Congratulations Cameron! (Sept. 2013)